This arises from the possible appulse of the comet to the planet Pallas, whose mass, being so small, would more sensibly be disturbed by such an appulse than the earth.
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
It may be added that the authors of the theory do not insist upon the appulse of two suns as the only way in which the planetesimals may have originated, but it is the only supposition that has been worked out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "appulse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
